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2024 mergers and acquisitions

  • ComicBook.comIn 1996, a digital holding page appeared online under the domain ComicBook.com. American Entertainment used this space to host sales links and press releases…
  • Gamer NetworkRupert and Nick Loman established Eurogamer Network in 1999. Their flagship website, Eurogamer, opened its doors on the 4th of September 1999.
  • The A.V. ClubIn 1993, five years after the founding of The Onion, Stephen Thompson launched an entertainment section at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
  • Discover (magazine)Leon Jaroff watched magazine sales climb whenever a science topic appeared on the cover of Time. He saw this pattern in 1971 and began pushing for a…
  • Brill PublishersOn the 17th of May 1683, the Leiden booksellers' guild registered Jordaan Luchtmans as a bookseller. He combined his bookselling business with publishing…
  • GizmodoPeter Rojas launched Gizmodo in 2002 as a design, technology, science, and science fiction website. The site operated under the Gawker Media network run by…
  • CNETHalsey Minor and Shelby Bonnie launched c/net, a 24-hour cable network about computers and technology in 1992. They produced four pilot television programs…